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The News-Forum
Bucyrus, OH
Friday, 22 January 1909


         at Crestline
         
         Pioneer Died Wednesday After a Long Illness
         
         JOSEPH J. TALBOTT, an honored pioneer citizen of
       Crestline, died at his home in that city a little
       after 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. MR. TALBOTT
       had not been in good health for some years, and
       for the past two years had been incapacitated for
       business. For some months his death had been anti-
       cipated at any moment. The end was peaceful and
       painless. 
         The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Friday
       afternoon from the Crestline M. E. church, with
       services conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. W. Dowds.
       Interment will be made in the TALBOTT cemetery, on
       the old TALBOTT farm south of Crestline.
         The TALBOTT family were pioneer citizens. JOSEPH
       J. TALBOTT was born on the farm near Crestline in
       the year 1834, being at death in his seventy-fifth
       year. His boyhood was spent in the usual manner of
       boys in frontier days on the farm.
         He was married in 1819** to MARGARET ANN PEPPARD
       of Crestline. To them were born six children, of
       whom four are living, and with their mother are
       left to mourn the death of a loving and indulgent
       husband and father.
         In the early days of Crestline MR. TALBOTT lo-
       cated there, and was one of the first yard con-
       ductors on what is now the Pennsylvania railroad.
       After retiring from the railroad service he en-
       gaged in the lumber and coal business, and was 
       for a long period associated with his brother
       ALLEN in the milling business. In later years he
       conducted the TALBOTT laundry with his son.
         MR. TALBOTT was a man of high character, and of
       pure and upright life. He was respected by all who
       knew him, and held the warm friendship of a wide
       circle. He met with many misfortunes, but kept al-
       ways cheerful and courageous, and was an exemplary
       and public-spirited citizen. Many friends will
       mourn his death, and extend their sincere sympathy
       to the family and relations. MR. TALBOTT was a
       sincere Christian, and for many years an influential
       member of the Methodist church. A good man has
       been called into rest, and it can truthfully be
       said that his community is the better for his hav-
       ing lived in it. His memory will long be cherished
       as a sacred treasure in many hearts.
       
       **NOTE : Married in 1859
       
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